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* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Roger, depressed after learning that his wife was cheating on him[[note]]she was actually forced to do it[[/note]], is offered a shot of whiskey to drown his sorrows. Problem is, he [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold His Liquor]], and a shot results in him [[ToonPhysics turning into a]] [[MakeMeWannaShout blaring steam whistle]] for several seconds, causing chaos in the room. After Roger gets caught by the villains in the bar and is about to get killed, Eddie Valiant exploits Roger's trait by suggesting the villains to allow Roger to have one last shot of bourbon, which once again resulted in a whistle and distracted everyone so Eddie and Roger could escape safely.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Timmy ''tries'' to exploit TheyKilledKennyAgain in "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E2CrippleFight Cripple Fight]]". Timmy gets jealous of the new handicapped kid Jimmy and tries to have him killed. He does this by giving Jimmy [[IconicOutfit Kenny's Signature Orange Parka Jacket]], apparently aware that Kenny dies in every episode and hoping the same will happen to Jimmy. Jimmy accepts the jacket and puts it on, thanking Timmy. As Jimmy walks away, he [[BornLucky narrowly & unknowingly avoids incidents]] that ''would'' have killed Kenny in any other episode, which include: a falling safe, a truck collision, a giant predatory falcon, getting shot at by Jimbo, a gas-line fire, a herd of stampeding cows, and ''Space Shuttle'', all in rapid order. Timmy is utterly frustrated that his ploy failed.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Timmy ''tries'' to exploit TheyKilledKennyAgain in "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E2CrippleFight Cripple Fight]]". Timmy gets jealous of the new handicapped kid Jimmy and tries to have him killed. He does this by giving Jimmy [[IconicOutfit Kenny's Signature Orange Parka Jacket]], apparently aware that Kenny dies in every episode and hoping the same will happen to Jimmy. Jimmy accepts the jacket and puts it on thanking Timmy. As Jimmy walks away, he narrowly & unknowingly avoids things that ''would'' have killed Kenny in any other episode, which include: a falling safe, a truck collision, a giant predatory falcon, getting shot at by Jimbo, a gas-line fire, a herd of stampeding cows, and ''Space Shuttle'', all in rapid order. Timmy is utterly frustrated that his ploy failed.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', each town [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals inexplicably has an identical]] Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny, all from a common family. The Magikarp Salesman, a recurring con-artist who tries to sell useless Pokémon to James, tries to pass himself off as a similar family to assure wary marks, but he's actually the same guy each time.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Ayame uses [[ModestyBedsheet a bedsheet]] as her 'Blue Snow' disguise, because she knows the Morals Decency Squad [[LoopholeAbuse can't touch her, without risk of exposing her body.]] Plus, they'd potentially implicate themselves with a minor (Ayame is 17), which allows her to run right by them without fear of being caught.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': At one point, a character named Grimlock exploits DeceasedFallGuyGambit by arranging for the Laughing Coffin guild to kill his wife, expecting that when the game ends, [[BigBad Akihiko Kayaba]] will be blamed for anyone who dies since ''he'' was the one who set up the death game in the first place.

** As a counter by [[https://powerfulpatients.org/2020/10/21/breast-cancer-awareness-month-and-its-many-shades-of-pink-and-blue Siobhan Freeney]]:

* DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel and WoundedGazelleGambit exploit DistressedDamsel.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob exploits IdleRich and UpperClassTwit to put the character simultaneously Above and BeneathSuspicion.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'': Captain Bragg exploits OneHundredPercentAdorationRating by having the beloved Raxus senator Avi Singh endorse the imperial occupation of the planet. Unfortunately for her, after some indecision, Singh refuses to do so and instead riles up the populace more, but there's every indication the Empire's plan would've worked if he had cooperated.

* One case in ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'' revolves on exploiting OrgyOfEvidence. The culrpit not only creates two incidents with items related to them scattered around and spreads rumor of their familial connection to the crime scene building's dark history, they also lock themselves in one of the murder crime scene. Kindaichi, hired by the culprit themselves to invesitgate the first incident, automatically assumes that no one in their right mind will leave so many incriminating evidences against themselves and operates under the assumption that the culprit is innocent. This is done so that the culpirt is arrested as prime suspect by police in order to give them alibi for the second murder and to make sure they're off the hook the moment a plausible explanation to why they're locked in the crime scene together with the first victim is made (by Kindaichi, of course). Sure enough, suspicion immediately falls off the culrpit when the third victim is found with a suicide note detailing how the case is a mass-suicide staged by the victims to kill the culprit's reputation. However, Kindaichi discovering an accidental clue makes him reevaluate his deduction that ultimately ends with the culprit's arrest.